The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-07-23
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Natchitoches RsBieW tits the opin-
ion here that the corn crop in ihie par
ish this year will lie the largest ever
grown, and that corn win not bring
more than 90 cents per bushel during
the winter It might be well 10 Bug-
gest that corr fed to the right kind
of stock, in the right way, is worth at
least fifty cents per bushel.
st, Mary Herald Mr.. w. T. Brown,
of CentreYille has a remarkable COW.
She is three years old, has had three
calves and gives six gallons rof milk a
day. the COW is q cross between the
Jersey and Ayrshire breeds. AT two
years, she had her first calf and now
has twins. Can this be beat either in
Louisiana or any other State3 We
thinknot,
DeSoto Democrat Prof. a. Th0m-
son, of Lake Charles, La, called upon
us yesterday, He is Chef Engineer Of
a proposed Railroad from Lake Charles
to Fort Smith, Ark, and he was trav-
cling over the line togain some knowl-
edge of the nature of the country, and
will soon survey and locate the road.
He assures us il will Sc built in the
near future, and thinks that it will
leave Lake Charles and run to Shreve-
port, via Many and Mansfield, to Tex
aflrana and Fort Smith.
Thibodanx Sentinel: The Times
Democrat of last Monday says that
"The Thibadaux Sentinel announces
that tho plant Of that paper is for sale
cheap for cash." The Thibodaux Sen
ttRe5 of to day informs the Tinaes-Dene-
ocrat oflast Monday that the Thibo-
daux Sentinel never said ANY SUCH
THING. We thought that when the
Sunday Law went in force the It'd.
would have no more blue Mondays.
But with tears IN our eyes, we must
confess that we have again been vic
tim of misplaced confidence.
0polousas Courier The soil had
scarcely dried sufficiently for good
blowing when another heavy rain fell
on last Tuesday and checked farm
work we notice many 'cottoh crops
IN the vicinity OF town that are Osuly
IN the grass, and unless good weather
preValles tor many days to come a
large proportion OF the area VIII nave
to be thrown out to save the balance,
Very llttle FODDER has been pulled ann
Al Il i / -
The oldest corn rs now TOO burned 70
yleiu good forage. Later on with the
prevalence OF dry weather, the younger
corn may give a good supply OF Io"-
der
LatouFche Democrat : The huston
CatfgraPh lntimates that Gen. NICHOLS
will VISIT North Louisiana IN the inter
est OF his candidacy before the close OF
the campaign, by all means let the
grand battle Scared patriot 60 to north
Louisiana and explain on Ihe stump
why unsupported q boiling candidate
Tor Congress IN the FIRST District and
endangered the success OF the Pres'-
uen'ia, tlcRet' ana why ne amiiaIes
with the big tohr,' ana why ne ap-
pointed coiored Republicans to Office
ana Varions other NIUE matters upon
which the people OF that section OF
the state would IKE to be enlightened
washington hr9@S farties using
the Lima or what Is more generally
known IN TINS section as The butter
bean, should be careful what dIsposl-
tIon they make OF the hnlIs or pods,
which are readily eaten by domestic
ANIMALS, such as cows, calves and hogs,
bnt "hlch are entirely lndlgestIbIe, and
when eaten almost ln"aribly cause
death a lew days since, Mf. Il, U.
Films had the misfortune to lose ms
pei cow '3Pot, winch died suddenly.
"a PosI'morIem examination dlscIosd
tne TACT That she had eaten consider
able quantity OF these pods, which had
been careleSsly thrown IN the yard,
and they were tonnd IN the stomach
10 an almost Solld mass. Parties us'ng
these beans should burn or bury the
pods, where they will be out ofthe.
reach OF domestic animals; .
Onachlta Telegraph; An effort has
Deen MADE by the supporters OF Gov.
Nichols to offset his dlsIoyaity to the
democratic party by bringing into dis
rePlte the good name OF Judge John.
land base, slanderous rnmor 1t wash.
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